Plasma concentration of cis 9trans 11 CLA in males and females is influenced by SCD1 genetic variations and hormonal contraceptives: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 General characteristics of study population at fasting state compared by sex and separated by ethnicity

	Caucasians			Asians
	Males	Females	P-value	Males	Females	P-value
Population (#)	113	298		98	277
Hormonal contraceptive users (%)	N/A	46.0		N/A	15.5
Age (yrs)	23.1 ± 0.2	23.1 ± 0.1	0.87	22.4 ± 0.2	22.1 ± 0.1	0.26
BMI (kg/m²)	23.3 ± 0.3	23.1 ± 0.2	0.54	23.2 ± 0.3	21.2 ± 0.1	<0.01*
HOMA-IR	1.16 ± 0.08	1.39 ± 0.05	0.02*	1.42 ± 0.08	1.45 ± 0.10	0.84
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.88 ± 0.07	4.70 ± 0.02	<0.01*	4.95 ± 0.04	4.73 ± 0.02	<0.01*
Insulin (pmol/L)	37.1 ± 2.1	47.4 ± 1.7	<0.01*	45.7 ± 2.3	48.1 ± 2.9	0.62
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.97 ± 0.07	4.35 ± 0.05	<0.01*	4.13 ± 0.08	4.29 ± 0.04	<0.05*
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.38 ± 0.03	1.69 ± 0.02	<0.01*	1.39 ± 0.03	1.68 ± 0.02	<0.01*
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.16 ± 0.06	2.23 ± 0.04	0.32	2.29 ± 0.07	2.21 ± 0.04	0.24
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.96 ± 0.05	0.97 ± 0.02	0.86	0.98 ± 0.05	0.91 ± 0.02	0.19
Free fatty acids (mmol/L)	454 ± 24.6	489 ± 14.2	0.21	453 ± 21.4	521 ± 15.4	0.02*
% of Total Energy from Dietary Fat	27.4 ± 0.6	27.9 ± 0.4	0.56	26.3 ± 0.5	26.2 ± 0.3	0.98

Statistical differences were determined using a Student’s T-test. The * denotes p-values which are significant (< 0.05).

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